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June 1, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Empower 77,400 Young Farmers

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has announced plans to empower 77,400 young farmers in agricultural business across Nigeria. Addressing Journalists on Monday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of NALDA,Mr Paul Ikonne, explained that the initiative involves crop farming to...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

PPPRA Reduces PMS Pump Price To N121.50 Per Litre

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has reduced the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to N121.50 per litre from N123.50. The agency disclosed this in a letter to marketers with reference number A.4/9/017/C.2/V/...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called on Edo Government to ensure that killers of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student of University of Benin (UNIBEN) are brought to book.The President NCWS, Mrs Laraba Shoda, made the call...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Integrated Oil and Gas Loses Group Finance Officer

The Group Chief Finance Officer of Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd., Mr Julius Sunday Akinwusi, aged 56, has passed away. A statement issued by the company on Monday explained that Akinwusi passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020 after a brief...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Motor, Sony Pictures Entertainment Seal Promotional Partnership

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Zenith Bank Emerges Best Bank In Nigeria

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. The awards, which was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Boss Warns Against Extra Charges On Passports

The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has warned personnel of the service against extra charges on passport issuance. Babandede gave the warning during a virtual meeting with passport officers nationwide on Monday i...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Obaseki Visits Aso Villa, Seeks Buhari’s Blessing

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting which was at the instance of the Governor, came ahead of...

June 1, 2020 No Responses

Japaul, Nahco Top Gainers’ Table As NSE Records N24b Growth

The Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday resumed trading in June on a positive note, with the All- Share Index appreciating by 0.19 per cent. Specifically, the index rose by 48.33 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 25,316.15...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

Rice Production In Nigeria Hits 35m Bags Per Annum

With over 34 integrated rice mills and clusters, Nigeria currently produces 150,000 bags of rice daily and about 35 million bags per annum. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

NCC Absolves Pantami Of Involvement In Office Space Allocation Controversy

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, is not involved in the process of offer of office allocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at its Complex. In a...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Leverages Technology For Customers’ Virtual Accounts Opening

FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has put in place measures to enable customers open accounts through their mobile phones, without visiting its branches nationwide. Mr Chuma Ezirim, FirstBank Group Executive, e-Business & Retail Products, said in a statement on...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

Taiwan Decriminalises Adultery

Taiwan’s top court on Friday nullified a decade-old criminal adultery law under which having extra marital affairs could result in jail term. The court revoked Article 239 of Taiwan’s Criminal Code, which stipulated that a“ married person who commits adu...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

Bua Cement, Flour Mills Top Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Expand Growth By N53b

The key performance indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the last trading day of May with 0.40 per cent growth. Specifically, the market capitalisation on Friday inched higher by N53 billion or 0.40 per cent to close at...